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Building Your Blog
Building Your Blog
Learn how to setup and customize your Showit Wordpress Blog
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53 articles in this collection
Written by
Jason Lackey,
JT Pals,
Jeff Willems
and 6 others
How Blogging Works With Showit
An overview of how Showit & Wordpress work together for blogging via our blog explainer video.
Written by
Jason Lackey
Updated over a week ago
Showit Blog SEO
Need help understanding SEO for your Showit blog? This doc will show you exactly where in your blog you can adjust SEO settings.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Configuring your blog pages in Showit
An in-depth look at your blog pages inside of Showit and how to properly configure them. A companion doc to our blog explainer video.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Blog Basics
Blog Overview
Overview of the basics of Showit blog function and setup.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Start Customizing Your Blog Design
Learn how to customize your Wordpress Theme Design right in your Blog Template pages inside Showit.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
New to WordPress?
The basics for understanding how to use Wordpress for starting a brand new blog or after migrating from a different blog service.
Written by
Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago
How to Optimize Blog Images
Make sure your photos are sized best for your blog
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Request a Blog Setup or Migration
Learn how to request the Showit team to setup a blog for you.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Adding Classic Block to Wordpress Gutenberg
Learn how to add a classic block to the Wordpress Gutenberg editor.
Written by
Trevor Elcock
Updated over a week ago
Customizing the Blog Design
How to Change Your Blog Template
Learn how to swap your blog template pages with a new design.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Create a Comments Section
Use WordPress placeholders to create a section for readers to leave comments on your blog posts.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Post View Lookup Canvas
Discover the many uses of this Blog template canvas option!
Written by
Kylie Stull
Updated over a week ago
Adjust Link Format in Blog Posts
Change how links are formatted in a blog post.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Add Social Sharing on Blog Posts
Setup social icons so your readers can share a blog post.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Remove the Spacing Between Images in Blog Posts
Remove all spacing between images in a blog post
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Link to a Category
How to link to categories in your blog design
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated this week
Hide This Canvas on Pagination [Blog Setting]
Learn what this blog setting does and how to best use it in your Showit blog.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Why are my Blog Posts Duplicating?
Learn how to make sure that your blog posts all show and that they are not duplicating.
Written by
Monica Andre
Updated over a week ago
Creating Blog Templates
Show this canvas once per page [Blog Setting]
Learn what this blog setting does and how to use it in your Showit blog.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Overview of Creating a Blog Template
Learn the pieces that make up your blog template and how to customize those pages in Showit.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Blog Template Settings
Learn the settings and parts used to build a blog template
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress Template Placeholder Fields
This article details the function of the various wordpress fields that are found in your blog template pages
Written by
JT Pals
Updated this week
Create a Side-by-Side Blog Layout
Settings for side-by-side layout for a blog post list template
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Create a Featured/Recent Posts Section
Learn how to create a section of featured or recent posts to highlight for your readers on your blog.
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Create a Page Template
Create a template for Wordpress pages
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Create a Blog Category Template
How to add a Blog Category template to display a list of posts within a selected category.
Written by
Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago
Create a Blog Sidebar
Learn how to setup a sidebar on a blog
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Create a Search Bar
Learn how to incorporate a search bar on your blog
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Creating Custom WordPress Pages (Advanced)
Setup custom Blog Template pages in Showit to display your blog content.
Written by
Trevor Elcock
Updated over a week ago
Create a WordPress Homepage
To get live blog content on home page
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Using Your Blog
Live Blog Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting tips and proper settings for your live blog.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Add Related Posts at Bottom of Posts
Learn how to get related posts automatically shown at the bottom of posts
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Add a Tiled Style Gallery in a Blog Post
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Blog Post Content Cut Off
If your blog post content is cut off on the single post view, these troubleshooting tips will help you fix it.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Need Something Else
Blog Design Troubleshooting
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Blog Formatting with CSS (Advanced)
Some simple CSS code you can add to your templates to remove default WordPress settings.
Written by
Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago
Sharing Advanced Blog Access with Contributors
Invite a designer or content expert to edit your blog via an account you create for them.
Written by
Keegan Lambert
Updated over a week ago
Export WordPress
Create a backup file of your WordPress data or use this method to export your content to a new host.
Written by
Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress Plugins
Wordpress plugin Pin It Button on Image Hover and Post
Makes Pinterest Pins hover when moused over
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress Plugin: LearnDash Course Builder
How to use LearnDash for courses on Showit
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
WordPress plugin Shortcodes
Speed up Wordpress blogging using Shortcodes, WordPress block editor.
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
WordPress Plugin Hub
Yoast, Akismet, Jetpack, Subtitles, Redirection, Pinterest, Contact Form 7 plugins and how they work with Showit
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated this week
Wordpress plugin Redirection
Easily manage 301 and 404 URL redirects to improve user experience and SEO
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress plugin Jetpack
Security, performance, management, SEO, stats, analytics, related posts
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress plugin Yoast
SEO king for your blog, Sitemaps, Pinterest PINS
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
WordPress plugin Contact Form 7
Add a Contact Form to your blog.
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress plugin Advanced Responsive Video Embedder
ARVE corrects sizing for YouTube and Vimeo videos for your blog posts
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress plugin Smush
Optimize your blog images
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
Narrative + Showit
Do you use the Narrative blogging platform? Here are instructions on how to use it with your Showit blog.
Written by
Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress plugin Simple Author Box
Adds the Author name, Avatar and social links to your blog posts
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
Pin It Plugin with Custom Icon
Learn about what plugin works best for a custom pinterest icon on your blog post images (Advanced Blog Hosting)
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago
Wordpress plugin Akismet
Anti-spam protection for your blog
Written by
Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago
RewardStyle - LTK + Showit
Using a RewardStyle widget with a Showit design
Written by
JT Pals
Updated over a week ago